Starling Tribune - Season 8 Edition – “Welcome To Hong Kong” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST252

The Starling Tribune Reporters SP, Chris and Michelle review the Arrow finale season second episode “Welcome To Hong Kong.” The reporters discuss their takes on how this episode was another well done trip done memory lane for Arrow’s final season, how Flash and Arrow are the two main CW shows leading into the Crisis crossover so far, Lyla’s on-screen reveal as The Monitor’s Harbinger, Laurel’s reaction to Earth-2’s destruction, how Oliver is re-evaluating where he is with things prior to Crisis, the possibility of additional Arrow characters in the Crisis Crossover and the reporters reactions of the episode’s Flash-Forward scenes.

Starling Tribune - Season 8 Edition – “Welcome To Hong Kong” Review (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST252

Episode: “Welcome to Hong Kong” [Season 8 Episode 2]

Air Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Director: Antonio Negret

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3x Supergirl / 5x Arrow / 4x The 100 / 2x Legends / 1x Flash

Writers: Sarah Tarkoff

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13x Arrow

Jill Blankenship

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5x Arrow / 7x The Last Ship

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfj3xucI8Xk

Arrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating

01 Starling City 15-Oct-19 0.84

02 Welcome To Hong Kong 22 Oct 19 0.77

Legends Of Tomorrow

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating

Supergirl

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating

01 Event Horizon 6-Oct-19 1.26

02 Stranger Beside Me 13-Oct-19 0.97

03 Blurred Lines 20-Oct-19 0.92

The Flash

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating

01 Into the Void 8-Oct-19 1.62

02 A Flash of the Lighting 16-Oct-19 1.27

03 Dead Man Running 22-Oct-19 1.38

Black Lightning

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating

01 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Birth of the Blackbird 7-Oct-19 1.16

02 The Book Of Occupation: Chapter Two: Maryam’s Tasbih 14-Oct-19 0.63

03 The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three: Agent Odell's Pipe-Dream 21-Oct-19 0.61

Batwoman

Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating

01 Pilot 6-Oct-19 1.86

02 The Rabbit Hole 13-Oct-19 1.45

03 Down Down Down 20-Oct-19 1.22

Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters

• What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode’s name?
• • Going back to Hong Kong
• Fight scenes and stunts
• • Hallway fight
  • • Oliver and Diggle punch their way through
    • Laurel - canary cry
  • ARGUS
  • • Gang busts in
    • Diggle and Oliver fight
    • Guys w/guns
    • Katana burst through window
  • Safe house
  • • Triad show up when Arrow, Spartan and Katana arrive
    • China White and Olver fight
    • Triad gets Wong
  • Garrison
  • • Oliver drops in; fights 4 guys
    • Tranq g